skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Anyone who has managed ads with performance in mind will be familiar with their tactics. (My post history on HN includes plenty of complaints like neutering reporting, organic search quality and how they essentially extort brands via brand trademark bidding.)

The 3 components that make up quality score: ad relevance, landing page quality and clickthrough rate are a black box. You can have ads and landing pages that match specific keywords (such as in a single keyword ad group strategy) and still have 1/10 scores on ad relevance and landing page and an insane CTR (think 40%+). You can look at search competition reports, but in some niches with few participants (think very specialized manufacturing equipment) you end up with the same <5 participants for years, yet the effective ad costs increase every quarter/year. Google adjusts bid floors for auctions, even if there isn't really upward pressure resulting from an increase in number of advertisers or participant bids.

Related to this-- their goal is always to increase the number of participants in every auction. The ad fill rate is easily improved by loosening match types. It isn't just the SEO space that Google has been redefining words in-- they do the same with keywords and match types. For example, "cheap textbook", "cheap textbooks" and "cheapest textbooks" are 3 distinct queries with widely varying CTRs and conversion rates, and hence values to advertisers-- but even when using exact match, Google may give you any one of the examples when you specify which one you prefer as an exact match.

Most infuriatingly is how you don't 100% know what you are paying for-- even when you explicitly specify what you want. Anyone who has looked at the search queries report can attest that sometimes 50%+ (emphasis on the insanity! I have observed this on $x,xxx,xxx/yr spend accounts all the way to my own personal campaigns) of ad spend for search ads, where you are explicitly saying I want to show for these specific keywords, is bucketed in the "Total: Other search terms" row. *It did not used to behave this way.* Negative match keywords are less aggressive in what is excluded relative to their exact/(phrase)/broad modified equivalents. This entirely ignores concepts like Google Shopping Ads requiring constant negative matching of longtail keywords (including for terms that you can't even really discover) that are all super small amounts individually, but in aggregate can be ludicrous amounts of spend that is essentially impossible to block for less sophisticated advertisers.

Every incremental change by Google seems to be to make the quality worse for the end user-- whether they are the searcher getting worse results or* the advertiser being goaded into wasting money on things Google isn't accurately presenting.* Specialty publications like Search Engine Land covered large things like the changes in second price auctions, display going to first price and match types-- but they typically aren't super critical, because a handful of Google's organic search "liaisons" are hires from industry publications.
God Knows Where I Am [2011]
This is very cool. Discovered Ctrl+Option+F produces a florin 'ƒ' [on my machine] and the format function key-combo check is Ctrl+Option + regular ol' 'f'. Forked it and added the || 'f' and am now using this tool to organize lasercut jobs—on MDF, no less :) Thanks for sharing!
Product Sense Interviews
> Wait.. if you've got two conductors it's neutral and hot. Neutral, as far as I know isn't connected to a literal metal post in the ground.

Neutral and ground are bonded together in the service entrance. The neutral is a center tap off the utility transformer and the ground is usually a ground rod.

In older houses the service entrance is typically the main panelboard. In a house built after 2020, the service entrance will be a disconnect switch after the meter socket.
Is "Volvo On Call services" everything, or just one of many components that track you?
If a person is given an IV line, wouldn't friction introduce micro plastics into their body?
Possibly. It's unfortunate that Mozilla didn't look at them.
You don't need to look far to understand those terms are standard, and by 'standard' see non-binding, or broad, it doesnt matter what they 'say' here because you will only find supertone abusing these 'terms' if someone at supertone lets you know - meanwhile your voice is syphoned off and used in anyway their friends see fit, and no terms laid out here will be broken. As per other replies for standard software terms, see duplicitous.
That’s not what I’ve observed. But in any case, the point in the context here is that such CPU usage doesn’t tie up the JS event loop.
I can confirm some of the Chinese dishes are on point, such as the dim sums like HarGow, ShuMai, Cheung fun.

I appreciate they don’t even bother with a recipe, and tell you where to eat it. This conforms with the Chinese eating culture: there are foods that should be left to restaurants.
If I remember right, Bill set several teams to writing an os for devices. The one that finished first, shipped. The 'winners' weren't even OS programmers. Thus, the naïve implementations of so many critical OS functions (drivers, timers, interrupt handling, flash)
MacSOUP had the best visualization of threads.
Yes, it's really nice IMO that BeyondCompare has this model.

After 30 days of ACTUALLY using it (days which are sometimes few and far between, and sometimes more closely spaced) is really a point at which, yes, it's justified to purchase, showing that it has been "the tool of choice" so many times, and likely to be so into the foreseeable near to mid future, too.

The trial is critical to a) proving that it does the useful things, b) determining that that it does said specific things better than the alternatives for some relevant definition of better, and c) giving enough of a chance to really learn it well enough to make an informed decision.

The free period builds tremendous goodwill, and is a really sane and "nice to the community" choice for a tool that might get used occasionally. It shows the confidence that the market really is there for it in general. People who can/do reap value from it on an ongoing basis will convert.
Truly amazing that you think parents can only give their kids maths problems OR teach them social skills.
That’s what I wanted to say as well. This might look and even be serious, but it’s still someone’s hobby project as well. They can do whatever they want.
Yes, but most beginners have never seen (or remember) that.
Ioniq has MUCH better fast charging. Their high voltage batteries allow them to charge at 104 miles per 10 minutes or 640 miles per hour. The new Toyota and Hondas only charge about 60 miles per 10 minutes or 360 miles per hour.

Also, I'm really hesitant to try anything from Toyota or Honda that is brand spanking new. First adopters tend to get hosed. Also it's easier to get parts and repairs for the Ioniq since it's been around for so much longer. However the Hyundais are a lot less reliable than I would like.

My hands down favorite is the Prius Prime PHEV. Toyota's two motor E-CVT is probably the best transmission in the world and their motors are bomb proof with appropriate maintenance. Some people report refueling once a year.
It looks like they have Brittany as the origin and just placed it randomly as it disappears if you drop down to Finistère.
Seems like a great idea/book, but I've never managed to make any of the advice work, despite trying pretty hard. I suspect this has something to do with having ADHD. In general there are a ton of productivity books out there that seem to be great advice, but are missing some steps that make it possible to implement for some people with ADHD.

In the same category, I also love the book "Deep Work" by Cal Newport, but also haven't gotten much real world traction from it.
Futhermore, Postgres is an OLTP (transactional) database, designed to efficiently perform updates and deletes on individual rows. OLAP (analytical) databases/query engines like Clickhouse, Presto, Druid, etc. are designed for efficient processing across many rows of mostly unchanging data.

Analytical queries (like "find the average sales price across all orders over the past year, grouped by store and region") can be 100-1000x faster in an OLAP database compared to Postgres.
The map seems to be focused on where foods originated, so Teriyaki and Fish and Chips may not fit Seattle.

I could see Beecher's being on there because a cheese variety "Venus" is nearby, but AFAIK Beechers does not produce any unique varieties of cheese.

I can confirm you can find a Seattle Dog from a street vendor most nights in Capitol Hill. They are alright.
SaaSquare
A quick Google search shows no particular shortage of 19" 4x3 touchscreen monitors for sale, in a variety of forms: Desktop, VESA-mount, open-frame, and 19" rack-mount. (Other sizes were also shown to exist, but this was not an exhaustive search.)

It seems like a thing that is unlikely to disappear soon, since a lot of industrial customers -- globally -- are very comfortable with rack-mounted displays, and 16x9 rackmount screens are kind of meh compared to 4x3.
> you'll write better documentation for that new feature in a few weeks when you have some time

The trick here is to make a ticket for it. At least then, it can be prioritized appropriately, instead of disappearing into a void.
Grow Together
That’s an HL Mencken quote I love. Sorry can’t read this tweet thread unlogged in btw.
> In theory, the combination of CMY at 100% (100,100,100) creates black, In practice it creates a muddy brown due to limitations of toner (and ink) secondaries.

i believe this may be because the combined absorption spectrum of a "full C M Y dot" still has gaps that a "full K" toner is engineered to cover?
More than 90% of stablecoin transactions aren't from real users, study finds
American Gas price nonsense is a cultural trauma from the energy problems caused by OPEC sanctions in the 70s.

Basically the BS of American exceptionalism ran up against the reality of us importing 80% of our energy needs from Autocratic middle eastern countries. We got cut off from that and it gave us a national crisis. We had two options going forward:

Either we focus on independent energy solutions, like nuclear and renewables. It would take more effort but would clearly be a smart and forward thinking investment, making us into an energy independent nation that could afford to make hard choices in geopolitics because of that independence, and could be a center for energy tech moving forward. It would probably be difficult for a decade but we basically would have avoided the worst of climate change, and likely be on a stable climate path already.

Or we could just turn ourselves into vassals of the oil states, throwing away any morals to the quick and cheap solution that would give us a rich 80s and immediately put us on a path to more future problems and burning cash in the desert trying to keep them pumping that black gold. We would sacrifice our future for slightly more success right here and now, and damn the consequences 50 years down the road, we will all be dead by then anyway.

Guess which option we picked? What's funny is that we eventually got the energy independence anyway, thanks to fracking and conservation, but we already wasted trillions in the sandbox, but we STILL need to dedicate enormous national effort keeping the sandbox just stable enough to pump oil because even though we export a significant quantity of our oil, if the price goes up a few cents that apparently ruins the economics of owning a Bro-Dozer so much that people who haven't gotten a raise in 50 years get really upset that """the economy""" is doing poorly.

Nevermind that the price of gas seems to suspiciously go up in November, regardless of the actual production figures, but only when there is a democrat in the white house.
The FTP works but it won't allow anonymous logins.
> we started searching for a tool specifically built for complex discussions. We found none

This was basically solved in Usenet, more specifically, in news reader software. You had a clearly arranged threaded view (you could see the thread structure of as many as 50 postings on a single screen), with unread threads and unread postings highlighted, and pressing Tab jumped to the next unread posting. Unread status was per posting/comment, not by time. Many more conveniences for quick navigation, filtering, and so on.

All newer discussion platforms have been a step back in terms of efficiency of use and ability for deep, long running discussions. Initially due to web browser limitations (though nowadays that shouldn’t be much of a problem anymore), and later due to mobile touch interfaces (still poses some difficulties).
What's the point in not showing the actual results? Is the expectation really to have a compiler handy just to browse the results
Meta's 2023 electricity usage was 11.5 terawatt-hours [1]. They've historically added about two terawatt-hours per year. That's only 228 MW of additional capacity per year.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/580087/energy-use-of-fac...
I was so focused on the filter drop downs I didn't even think to look for it as a plant category! Thanks
I've been following the world bollard account for ages, love them with my whole soul.

I'm weighing _installing a bollard_ against _a person or building or both being destroyed by a regular and routine mistake_.

Bollards are hilariously cheap compared to every single other option, including "doing nothing except cleaning up the damage".

FWIW, I hate the corrugated steel barriers you mention, and they're not cheaper than bollards (if you're at all judicious and thoughtful about the bollard design and installation).

As another commenter mentioned, at the bottom of a post, there's a photo of 'strong' bollards, mid-installation, at the bottom of the post.

Why do you say that it's ironic that I link to the world bollard association?
Reference: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-resource#recom...

The t2d, t2a and h3 instance types have vCPU = core, and all other instance types have vCPU = thread.
> there is a difference to countries that do not provide adequate support for homeless people like the USA where thousands live in tents, and countries that do provide support, and countries where the chronically homeless are those few who do not have mental health necessary to apply for the necessary help to get a new home.

The idea of applying for help to get a home is, frankly, idiotic; an invention of people who are trying to not help the homeless. If someone is sleeping on the ground that's their application. That's how Finland's housing-first programs work and that's a big part of why their homelessness is falling.

I'm going to reiterate: homelessness is not a mental health issue, it's a lack of housing issue. You don't get to blame mentally ill homeless people for being too mentally ill to fill out an application and pretend that's some impossibly hard problem. That's not their fault, that's the fault of people who refuse to help people without forcing them to do paperwork.
Attackers can decloak routing-based VPNs
Anyone who claims we need to use more inclusive language to protect the feelings of the machines should be mocked mercilessly until they go away and do something useful with their life.
Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose
+1 for Seneca
The correct title is:

"ARD and ZDF want to offer their streaming code as open source"
full time cleaners aren't cheap either
Myst, once the biggest-selling PC game ever, began as a prototype built in Hypercard.
That's nonsense. Bitcoin is absolutely a currency.
On Google Cloud hyperdisks can be used on h3, c3, c3d, m3, n4 instance types and are required for n4. I.e., you are not allowed to use the n4 instance type without using a hyperdisk.
You’re right. We shouldn’t try to improve what we are doing now.
For that high-end market segment, I'd be thinking recurring revenue - plant subscriptions, plant timeshares, plant concierge service, etc.
German TV is doing that too, but there are harsh limitations on what they can make available and how long it can stay online, because private broadcaster sued them 20 something years ago. Since then, the rules change from time to time, and Public Broadcaster are carefully exploring what they really can do.
In urban areas, yes.

In farm country, not really.

Places in between are debatable - and as an inveterate pedestrian who's never learned to drive, I'd tend to be in favour of many of the places in between having sidewalks.

But still, a blanket "you can't afford roads" is a bit much.
I’m not sure I understand what you mean. You cited a ruling from March 28th 2024, which imposed extra provisional measures in light of evidence that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war, and ordered Israel to stop doing that. Or in words of the Court (Article III, Paragraph 45):

> In conformity with its obligations under the Genocide Convention, and in view of the worsening conditions of life faced by Palestinians in Gaza, in particular the spread of famine and starvation, Israel shall:

> (a) take all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay, in full co-operation with the United Nations, the unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance, including food, water, electricity, fuel, shelter, clothing, hygiene and sanitation requirements, as well as medical supplies and medical care to Palestinians throughout Gaza, including by increasing the capacity and number of land crossing points and maintaining them open for as long as necessary; and

> (b) ensure with immediate effect that its military does not commit acts which constitute a violation of any of the rights of the Palestinians in Gaza as a protected group under the Genocide Convention, including by preventing, through any action, the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance.

The original ruling is from January 26th 2024 was also orders of provisional measures, but crucially ruled that the court had jurisdiction over the case (Article II, Paragraphs 31-32) and that accusations of genocide were plausible (Article IV, Paragraph 54):

> In the Court’s view, the facts and circumstances mentioned above are sufficient to conclude
that at least some of the rights claimed by South Africa and for which it is seeking protection are
plausible.

The court has not concluded on this case, which means that it is fact still investigating the allegations. I honestly can’t see where my supposed misunderstanding lies.

1: https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192...
Why the downvote? Let this be a warning to you. Even if you know your current PW, no chance to log back in. Google will ignore letters from lawyers.
Pretty much what happened more broadly. Brands got sold off to companies making goods in Asia for lower prices. Consumers mostly not willing to pay 2x to 3xand it’s often not even clear if the higher prices are worth the premium.
From Wikipedia:

> In economics, a commodity is an economic good, usually a resource, that specifically has full or substantial fungibility: that is, the market treats instances of the good as equivalent or nearly so with no regard to who produced them.

I am pretty sure you can get BTC from any exchange and sell it on any other exchange. Whereas, with stocks, you generally cannot as a retail investor.

That is, I suppose, what makes crypto a commodity at its core.
I would like editing code in this style. Focus on narrow area but can easily view as bird eye.

Nice work!
I’m saying it’s worth looking into what worked in the past, and why. It’s not uncharted territory.
I’m not sure about Swift, buy in C# and async method doesn’t have to be completed asynchronously. For example, when reading from files, a buffer will be first read asynchronous then subsequent calls will be completed synchronously until the buffer needs to be “filled” again. So it feels like most languages can do these optimizations

again.
Kubernetes in Node.js: Five comments about how stupid this is.

Kubernetes in Rust: Straight to the top
lol it’s me. But thanks for confusing me with an LLM? I guess? Should I complete a captcha for you? :/
Average Americans More Likely to Be Shut Out of Government Records Process
Yes, I deliberately used the word amoral. We need to stop anthropomorphizing companies (not just true for Oracle[1]). They aren't moral or immoral. They are simply unfeeling lawnmowers that chew up anything in their way and produce money. They neither like nor dislike you--they don't even think about you. They just robotically do whatever they can do to make money.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15886728
There's a balance to the ecosystem, though. People in the creative fields have always had to rely on eachother to fill in gaps in skill because it's mutually beneficial. With things like this voice changer, one has to think what opportunities are being taken away from others compared to what opportunities the technology affords oneself. So far we've been screwing that balance up pretty egregiously with these AI tools where one implementation cuts the employment prospects and creative participation of a dozen people.
> you believe that RT is an organisation that is not interested in the truth, [...] then a government can reasonably want to prevent its operation.

Except it's not what you believe that matters, but what the Ministry of Truth says.
Discussion [0] (48 points, 7 hours ago, 46 comments)

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40275235
> Do you mean if I get in a random car it can tell who I am, or if I get in the car it knows it's seen those fingerprints before and they're allowed to drive the car?

Personalization for the driver(s). Other cars do it by having the settings tied to the key fob, or just by putting numbered buttons on the door.
Is the integrity of Signal compromised?
getting things done, first edition

Is the first edition better than the newer ones?
So you've lost weight using Wegovy. Does that mean you can stop taking it?
Or each edit forms a new "edit" node that new replies are then connected to. Regardless, the DAG can always be preserved somehow.
It’s not actually that hard, all I needed to flash my device was a TTL USB with 3.3v and soldering two cables.
The original paper is here:

https://journals.aps.org/prx/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevX.14.021022

It's worth a look. The article buries a lot of interesting details. For example:

"These bodies are shaped like dumbbells, with each end weighing less than a gram..."

But in the paper we read:

"We are thus experimenting with gold spheres of mass m ≈ 1.58 × 10^−10 kg"

So yeah, that's "less than a gram" but that's kind of like saying that a gnat weighs less than a ton. It's not wrong, but it kinda buries the lede.

This experiment sounds really cool and promising. We're looking at Nobel-Prize-worthy results if it works out.

[UPDATE]

It's actually going to be even more Nobel-Prize-worthy than I thought. Turns out they're not going to be doing this experiment any time soon:

"Admittedly, this is a very challenging condition to achieve experimentally. Considering temperatures in the order of millikelvin, e.g., achievable by attaching the pendulum to a dilution refrigerator, this would still require quality factors on the order of Q = 10^10. This is 5 orders of magnitude above the largest reported quality factors for torsion pendula. For some types of wire materials, such as sapphire, improvements in quality factors are to be expected from operation at lower temperatures."

Imagine making a wire out of sapphire!
Hadn't noticed this before, seems very clever